Supreme Court.

Manawatu Herald, 9 June 1894, Page 3

Supreme Court.

« CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

His Honor the Chief Justice took his seat upon the Bench on Thursday at 10 a.m. "* Christopher Lockyer, who was convicted the previous day of keeping a brothel, came up for sentence. His Honor said that as the man owned some property and had some vej^tiyes in the city, it was reason"•SbTe to expect he could find sureties for good behaviour. The sentenoe of $&$ Court was that he should be iajpftsonefl and kept to hard labour for three months, and that he should be bound over in his own recognisance for 41100, and two sureties of £20. each, as security for his future t< good conduct. Until he found these sureties be would be imprisoned for a further pariod not exceeding three months. William Charles Prior was indicted on a charge of having on the 3rd April last forged the name of W. &n3 <J. Turnbull and Co to a cheque on ".'the Bank of New South Wales and with having uttered the same at ' the Royal Oak Hotel. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. There are three more charges to be heard against the prisoner. Henry Harness pleaded not guilty to having on the 25th March, at Porirua, cheated in a certain game with dice with intent to defraud Kips Baldwin. The jury retird, and after an absence of 15 minutes returned into Court with a verdict of not guilty.